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A Hammer Thrower Spins with an Angular Velocity of 1800°/s

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A hammer thrower spins with an angular velocity of 1800°/s. The distance from his axis of rotation to the hammer head is 1.5 m. What was the centripetal acceleration of the hammer head?


A) 47.1 m/s2
B) 31.4 m/s2
C) 1080 m/s2
D) 1480 m/s2
E) 2700 m/s2

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